Twine-holder.



e. L. SELF. TWINE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 7, 1912.

1,061,330. Patented May 13,1913.

Memo

unis erm ne ATENT FFMJE.

G EOHGE L. SELF, F ASHEVILLZE, NORTH CAROLINA.

TWINE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented More 13, ll M3.

Application filed uuc '7, 1912. Satin! No. 702,818.

of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTwine- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for wrap ing twine,more particularly to tension evices whereby the'movement of the cord iscontrolled, and has for one of its objects to provide a simplyconstructeddevice of this character of increased etlicieney and utiliAnother object o the invention is to provide a simpl constructed devicewhich may be attache without materiel structural change to cordreceptacles of various forms and sizes and which efi'ectually holds thecord from too free movement when withdrawn from the holder and withoutinjuring the cord.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide it simply constructeddevice which nutometicully ode ts itself to inequalities in the cord andli ewise to cords of various sizes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawingsillustrative of the referred embodiment of the invention: igure 1 is onelevation of n conventionol cord receptacle partly in section, with theimproved tension device attached, the letter being likewise in section;Fig. 2 is e transverse section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Correspondingend like parts are referred to in the following description andindicated in all the views of the drawings by the some referencecharacters.

The cord holder comprises a casing or receptacle 10 for the bell oftwine indicated at 11. The receiver or casing 10 may be of any form orsize and arranged to hold the twine in any desired manner either in theform of an ordinary ball as represented, 61 in connection with a reel orcone of twine, and it is not desired to limit the invention ineny mannerto the form of the container or support for the twine. The twinereceiver or support forms no part of the present invention, end it isnot deemed necessary to further illustrate the some.

The improved device comprises a tubular member 12 connected in anysuitable manner to the nceeiver 10 or other support for the twine and isclosed at the inner end, prefer ably by a (letochulille plug 13, andopen at the outer end and with a transverse aperture 14 in one side ofthe tube near the outer end.

Slidably disposed within the tube 12 at its outer end is a conicalholding member 15, the member being coupled yieldnbly to the plug 13 bya spring 16 within the tube. By this means the member 15 is heldyieldnbly in position and drown constantly inwqrd toward'the bottom endof the tube, and the -spring entirely concealed Within the tubularmember and protected thereby. The outer portion of the cord, representedconventionally at 17, leads through the aperture 14 and thence betweenthe member 15 and the tubular member 12. The member 15 is of sutllcientsize so that when the cord 17 is in place between the member 1.5 and theinner wall of the tubular member 12, the member 15 will be retained inposition and prevented from movement entirely within the tube, and thusexerts a tension force upon the cord and holds the letter from too freemovement. The cord loads from the ball 11 through an aperture 18 in thereceiver 10 and thence through the aperture 14-, thus exposing only arelatively short: portion of the cord. The cord is thus retained inplace and prevented from moving too freely while at the some time may bedrawn outwardly against the resistance of the spring, and the momentthat the strain is removed the member 15 immediately exerts sullicieutForce upon the cord to hold the some from l'urlhcr movement. Thus whenthe clerk desires to wrap the cord around a package, the requiredquantity oi. cord may be drawn outwardly and the moment that the outwardstrain is removed the rilcmllcr 15 is immediately and automaticallymoved into engagement with the cord by the spring 16 :[ud thus; stopsany further outward movcnu-ut oi the cord and holding the some inconvenient position for use for the next package. By this simple menusall waste of the cord is pro-- vented us just sulliciont cord to supplythe wants of the clerk is drown outwardly at any required time.

ll: will be noted that the outward pull or" the cordisiusubsluutiullythe same plane as the longitudinal axis of the plug andof the tubular member, hence no lateral strain is produced upon the cordto fracture or impair the same.

The edges of the lateral aperture 14 are rounded to reduce the frictionagainst the cord and prevent abrasion thereof. By this arrangement lightand flexible cords may be employed without danger of fracturing the sameas the friction between the cord and the plug is very slight.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and applied, and of any required size and of anysuitablematerial.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1.- In a device of the class described, a cord receptacle having a corddelivery aperture, a tubular member extending from said receptacleadjacent to the aperture and open at the outer end, said tubular memberhaving a lateral aperture spaced from its open end, a tapered plugengaging in the outer open end of the tubular member, and a springWithin the tubular member and concealed and protected thereby andconnected to said plug and to the closed end of the tubular member andoperating to maintain said plug yieldably in its inner position, saidplug being adapted to bear against a cord when passed through theaperture of the receptacle and through the aperture of the tubularmember and holding the cord constantly in the same plane as thelongitudinal axis of the plug.

2. A cord holder comprising a tubular member open at the outer end andwith a lateral aperture spaced from the open end, a tapered plugengaging in the open end of the tubular member, and a spring within thetubular member and protected and concealed thereby and connectedrespectively to the plug and to the tubular member, said plug adapted toengage a cord When passed through the aperture and out' through the openend'oi. the tubular member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE L. SELF. [L. s.]

4 W'itnesses:

R. N. BRANSON.

D. S. GRANT.

